Serious Sam 4 "Coming 2014"

Fuelled By Humble Weekly Sale Proceeds

Serious Sam 4 is happening, Croteam have announced, and will be paid for by the latest Humble Weekly Sale that includes the entire franchise (awesome indie games and all). The lone piece of concept art shows a beardy Sam Stone standing in the middle of ruined Paris, surrounded by Mental's space fleet, suggesting a bit of a world tour this time around. Also, I'm not sure why I described a picture that's an inch above this text.

Anyone who's played Serious Sam will know that it's an epic, no-holds-barred orgy of relentless old-school ultraviolence, so we're absolutely chuffed by this news. If you're new to the series, why not check out a (hilarious) history of the franchise after the break?

Great news, though I seriously (geddit?) hope they go back to the roots of the original, with huge open battles, rather than the room-corridor-room syndrome on display in Serious Sam 3. It wasn't bad, but it didn't even compare to the original two Episodes.